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Prime Minister's Office
PM shares an article on Government's efforts to boost income of Farmers
Also shares MyGov tweet thread on Government's commitment towards the welfare of Annadatas
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has shared an article of narendramodi.in website having information of Government's efforts to boost income of Farmers.
The Prime Minister tweeted;
"From animal husbandry to fisheries, forestry to the sweet revolution, our Government has made numerous efforts to boost income of farmers through allied activities. #8yearsOfKisanKalyan"
The Prime Minister also shared MyGov tweet thread highlighting Government's commitment towards the welfare of Annadatas.
The Prime Minister tweeted;
"देश के अन्नदाताओं के सशक्तिकरण से न्यू इंडिया को मजबूत आधार मिल रहा है। बीज से बाजार तक हर क्षेत्र में उनके चौतरफा विकास पर ध्यान केंद्रित किया है। ये हमारे किसान भाई-बहनों की संकल्प-शक्ति का ही परिणाम है कि भारत कृषि क्षेत्र में एक नई मिसाल पेश कर रहा है। #8YearsOfKisanKalyan"
The Prime Minister also said that 100% benefits of several schemes are being provided to farmer brothers and sisters.
The Prime Minister tweeted;
"किसान भाई-बहनों तक योजनाओं का शत-प्रतिशत लाभ पहुंचाने के लिए हमारी सरकार पूरी तरह से प्रतिबद्ध है। पीएम-किसान योजना से लेकर रिकॉर्ड बजट आवंटन हो या उत्पादन लागत का डेढ़ गुना एमएसपी, सॉयल हेल्थ कार्ड से लेकर e-NAM तक ऐसी अनेक योजनाएं हैं, जिनसे अन्नदाताओं को नई ताकत मिली है।"
Prime Minister's Office
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina speaks to PM Modi,extends her congratulations for the people's mandate in General Elections 2019
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi spoke with H.E. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, today.
The Prime Minister of Bangladesh had initiated the call to extend her congratulations on the clear mandate given by the people of India to the NDA Government led by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. In doing so, PM Sheikh Hasina became one of the first foreign leaders to congratulate the Prime Minister, thus reflecting the extraordinarily close and cordial ties between India and Bangladesh, and the excellent rapport that the two leaders enjoy.
The two leaders pledged to continue to raise the India-Bangladesh relationship to unprecedented new heights. They recognised the importance of rapidly completing on-going plans for deepening the partnership in security trade, transportation, energy and people to people ties. Doing so within the next 3 years would have specific significance in view of the centenary of the birth of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 2020 and the 50thanniversary of Bangladesh's Liberation in 2021.
The leaders also agreed to identify dates for a meeting at the earliest, to resume work in service of the bilateral relationship.
PIB Headquarters
3.3 Kg gold worth Rs. 1.33 Crore seized by Customs At Chennai Airport
On Thursday based on information AIU officials rummaged Oman Airways flight WY 253 which had arrived from Muscat. During rummaging three bundles wrapped in black adhesive tape were found concealed under one of the passenger seats. The bundles were opened and 3 gold bars weighing 1 Kg each with foreign markings along with 3 gold plates without any markings ,of 24k purity,totally weighing 3.365 Kg and valued at Rs 1.33 Crorewere recovered.The same was seized under Customs Act 1962 as unclaimed.
Further investigation is in progress.
Ministry of Education
IITs to provide mentorship to NITTTR for up-skilling teachers- Shri Dharmendra Pradhan
Union Education Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today reviewed a presentation on teacher education with senior officials of Ministry of Education and faculty of IIT Madras.
During the discussion, Shri Pradhan suggested that IITs provide mentorship to National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research  for up-skilling teachers. He said that technology must be leveraged to equip teachers with necessary skills to prepare for the challenges of future. He said that necessary administrative framework shall be created to drive this initiative. He also called for working towards greater synergy between academia, industry and policy makers.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India registers an unprecedented hike in Testing with more than 18 cr tests
Positivity Rate of 15 States/UTs less than National Average
3rd countrywide massive Dry Run covers 4895 session sites, 615 districts, 33 States/UTs
India has demonstrated an exponential increase in the number of COVID-19 cumulative tests. It has crossed the landmark of 18 crore  total tests today.
9,16,951 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours.
Progressive countrywide expansion in testing infrastructure has played a crucial role in the steep rise of testing numbers. With 2316 testing labs in the country including 1201 Government laboratories and 1115 Private laboratories, the daily testing capacity has got a substantial boost.
High level of comprehensive testing on a sustained basis has also resulted in bringing down the national positivity rate.
The cumulative rate continues to decline as total tests cross 18 crore. The national cumulative positivity rate is 5.79% today. It has reduced from 8.93% to 5.79% in a span of five months.
15 States/UTs have positivity Rate less than the National Average. Bihar has the lowest Positivity Rate with 1.44%.
India’s Tests per Million  stand at 130618.3 today. With the increase in testing infrastructure, the TPM has also increased exponentially.
22 States/UTs have better Tests per Million population than the national average.
13 States and UTs have lower tests per million population compared to the national figure, indicting the need for higher testing in these regions.
India also registered 19,253 new recoveries in the same duration which has led to a further contraction of the Active Caseload. India’s present active caseload of 2,24,190 consists of just 2.15% of India’s Total Positive Cases.
The total recovered cases are at 10,056,651 today. The Recovery Rate has improved to 96.41%. The gap between Recovered cases and Active cases is steadily increasing and presently stands at 9,832,461.
78.89% of the new recovered cases is contributed by ten States/UTs.
Kerala saw 5,324 persons recovering from COVID. Maharashtra and West Bengal reported 2,890 and 1,136 new recoveries, respectively.
18,222 cases were registered in the last 24 hours.
Ten States/UTs have contributed 79.83% of the new cases.
Kerala reported 5,142 cases in the last 24 hours. Maharashtra recorded 3,693 new cases while Karnataka reported 970 daily cases yesterday.
76.32% of the 228 case fatalities that have been reported in the past 24 hours are from Seven States/UTs.
Maharashtra reported 73 deaths. Kerala also saw a figure fatality count of 23 followed by 21 in West Bengal.
The third massive countrywide mock drill conducted yesterday for ensuring the readiness of all preparations and simulate a seamless and glitch free vaccine administration, covered 4895 session sites across 615 districts in 33 States/UTs.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports Shri Anurag Thakur motivates youth for 'Clean India Programme'
Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan organises cleanliness drive in Chandigarh
As a part of ongoing ‘Clean India Programme’ of Government of India, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan , Punjab & Chandigarh organised a cleanliness drive in Chandigarh today. The Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports and Information & Broadcasting Shri Anurag Thakur joined the volunteers from Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan  and National Service Scheme  in the drive, undertaken near SD College, Sector-32, in the city.
Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports and Information & Broadcasting Shri Anurag Thakur along volunteers from NYKS and NSS during the cleanliness drive
After the drive, the minister said that the aim of ‘Clean India Programme’ is to create awareness, mobilize people and ensure their involvement in cleaning waste, mainly single use plastic waste throughout the country. “Through this mega initiative, 75 lakh Kg waste, mainly plastic waste will be collected and disposed with the support and voluntary participation of citizens”, he added.
Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports and Information & Broadcasting Shri Anurag Thakur participating in cleanliness drive in Chandigarh
The Department of Youth Affairs of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports  in commemoration of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsava is organizing a nationwide Clean India Programme from 1st October 2021 to 31st October 2021. The programme is being organised in 6 Lakh villages of 744 Districts across the country through the networks of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan  affiliated Youth Clubs & National Service Scheme affiliated Institutions..
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Fare bands for domestic flights extended upto 24th February, 2021
Daily passenger traffic reached over 2 lakhs
The fare bands within which the airlines have to operate have been extended upto 24th February, 2021 by the Ministry of Civil Aviation. These fare bands came into force with effect from 21st May, 2020.
The daily passenger traffic has reached 2.05 lakh on 1st November, 2020. When the domestic aviation opened in May 2020, the airlines were enabled to fly upto 33% of the normal capacity . At that time, the average daily traffic was about 30,000. This cap was enhanced to 45% w.e.f. 26th June, 2020. This cap was further revised to 60% w.e.f. 2nd September, 2020. At present the airlines can operate upto 60% of their capacity.
Ministry of Civil Aviation is monitoring the traffic everyday, and it is expected that the traffic would further pick up because of the festival season and as the passenger traffic increases, the upper cap would be revised to 70-75% of normal capacity in the coming days.
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Capacity Building Programmes for Panchayats
Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan  launched in 2018-19, the Ministry has till date provided financial support to the tune of 1949.16 crores to the States/ Union Territories  for various activities relating to strengthening of Panchayats including Capacity Building and Training  of Elected Representatives , Panchayat Functionaries  and other stakeholders of Panchayats.
The training area covers Panchayat Governance, Panchayat Finance, formulation & monitoring of Gram Panchayat Development Plans , Own Source Revenue generation, various schemes of Government, subjects of national importance such as Primary health & Immunisation, Nutrition, Education, Sanitation, Water conservation etc. and the role of Panchayats therein. Trainings are also conducted for eGramSwaraj and Audit online to cater to various aspects of Panchayat functioning including planning, budgeting accounting, audit & delivery of citizen services. Exposure visits of ERs and Panchayat functionaries have been scaled up to promote learning through peer exchange and development of model panchayats as peer learning centres.
This information was given by Union Minister of State for Panchayati Raj Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
PM meets Foreign Ministers and Representatives of ASEAN
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi met Foreign Ministers and Representatives of ASEAN today.
The Prime Minister tweeted :
"Had a good interaction with Foreign Ministers and Representatives of @ASEAN countries as we celebrate 30 years of close India-ASEAN cooperation."
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
5, 24,852 beneficiaries covered and 1222.67 crore spent under the PMS-SC scheme during 2021-22.
The Department is implementing Centrally Sponsored Scholarship Schemes for Scheduled Caste  students in the entire country, including in the State of Maharashtra.
The reply to part  and  of the question is placed at Annexure.
Annexure
Under Post matric scholarships to the students belonging to scheduled castes for studies in India  Scheme and Pre- matric scholarships scheme for SC students and others , scholarships are provided to SC students having parental income less than Rs.2.5 lakh per annum. PMS-SC scheme provides compulsory non-refundable fees including tuition fee of the course and academic allowance to students studying at the post matric stage i.e. from class 11 onwards. Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC students and others provides the academic allowance to eligible students studying in classes 9th and 10th.
Under the PMS-SC, no central assistance  was released to the State for the year 2019-20 as their demand for the year was within their committed liability. In the year 2020-21, Rs.558 cr. was released to the State for which utilization certificate of complete amount has been submitted by the State Government. For the year 2021-22, as per revised Scheme guidelines, Central share of Rs. 422.42 Cr has been released to the bank account of 2,17,149 student beneficiaries through DBT. As per information provided by the State Government of Maharashtra, the details of expenditure incurred  and the beneficiaries covered under the PMS-SC scheme during the last three years are as under:
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Year
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Expenditure incurred 
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Beneficiaries covered
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2019-20
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1053.37
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3,78,426
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2020-21
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372.08
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1,56,453
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2021-22
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1222.67
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5,24,852
Under the Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC Students, the State was released Rs. 179.32 cr. during 2013-14 and 2014-15. As per the information provided by the State Government, out of this amount, the State has utilized Rs. 98.59 cr. for disbursing scholarships for the years 2013-14 to 2017-18, Rs. 23.32 cr. during the year 2019-20 for 99,200 beneficiaries and Rs. 28.05 Cr during the year 2021-22 for 80142 beneficiaries. Further, no expenditure was done under the Scheme during 2020-21. Also, no state funds were spent under the Scheme during 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 as informed by the State Government. Rs. 29.36 cr. of Central assistance is still available with State Government as unspent balance.
This information was given by Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri A. Narayanaswamy in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Earth Sciences
Swacch Sagar, Surakshit Sagar Campaign culminates on high note in Goa
Governor P.S Sreedharan Pillai, Union Minister Shripad Naik, Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant participate and encourage youngsters to protect marine life
In an unique initiative cleanliness drive taken up at all 35 beaches in Goa
Goa | September 17, 2022
The 75-day long Coastal Clean Up Campaign culminated today with grand participation from all stakeholders. In Goa, in a unique initiative Coastal Clean Up Campaign was observed on all 35 beaches. Governor P.S Sreedharan Pillai; Union Minister of State for Tourism and Ports, Shipping and Waterways Shripad Naik; Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant graced the occasion at the main programme held at Miramar Beach.
Governor in his address said that under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the country is achieving new milestones as far as cleanliness drive is concerned. After the success of ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ now we have to focus on the cleanliness of our oceans. The ‘Swachh Sagar Surakshit Sagar’ campaign was launched, taking into consideration our future generations. The Governor reiterated that Seas and Seashores need to be protected
Union Minister Shripad Naik on this occasion stressed on the importance of cleanliness. He said that cleanliness should become a habit. During the Covid-19 Pandemic we all have realised the importance of cleanliness. Since Goa is a favourite destination of tourists because of the beaches, we have to maintain neat and clean beaches, he added.
Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant said, Goa's economy is dependent on ‘Sun, Sand and Sea’. To promote the Blue Economy Goans have to work consistently to ensure the cleanliness of seashores. The 104 KM long coast of Goa is a major attraction for tourists. Chief Minister Sawant said cleanliness of this long shore has to be maintained for the establishment of the state as a tourism capital. The blue economy and clean natural surroundings have to be passed on to the future generations, said the CM.
Departments from the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Indian Coast Guard, 1Goa NCC Battalion, India Tourism, Goa Tourism and state government departments, Schools and Colleges participated in the mega cleanliness drive.
Swatch Sagar, Surakshit Sagar Campaign
The "Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar/Clean Coast Safe Sea “campaign is a 75-day citizen-led campaign for improving ocean health through collective action. The campaign started on July 5th, 2022 and has 3 strategic underlying goals that target transformation and environmental conservation through behavior change. The three underlying goals of the campaign are to 1. Consume Responsibly 2. Segregate waste at home and 3. Dispose Responsibly.
It is the first-of-its-kind and longest running coastal cleanup campaign in the world with the highest number of people participating in it. A mobile app “Eco Mitram” has been launched to spread awareness about the campaign and also for the common people for voluntary registration for the beach cleaning activity.
Prime Minister's Office
PM greets everyone, especially Kutchi community on Ashadhi Bij
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted everyone, especially the vibrant Kutchi community spread across the world, on the auspicious occasion of Ashadhi Bij.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said;
"Greetings to everyone, especially the vibrant Kutchi community spread across the world, on the auspicious occasion of Ashadhi Bij. May this coming year bring peace, happiness and good health in everyone’s lives."
Ministry of Home Affairs
Central Team to Evaluate Losses Due to Floods
The primary responsibility for disaster management rests with the State Governments. The concerned State Governments undertake assessment/ evaluation of losses and provide relief measures according to the magnitude of the ground situation, in the wake of natural calamities, including flood, from the State Disaster Response Fund  already placed at their disposal, in accordance with Government of India approved items and norms. For calamity of a severe nature, additional financial assistance is provided by Government of India from the National Disaster Response Fund  as per the laid down procedure, which is based on the assessment of an Inter-Ministerial Central Team .
In the instant cases, Ministry of Home Affairs, even before the receipt of memorandum from State Governments, has constituted separate Inter-Ministerial Central Teams  for 9 flood affected States viz. Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh.
In order to support the affected people of States, the Central Government has released the Central Share of State Disaster Risk Management Fund  amounting to Rs. 11,565.92 crore, in advance, for the year 2020-21, to all the State Governments including Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Assam for management of relief necessitated by notified natural disasters including floods in the affected areas.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai in a written reply to question in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Defence
Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Shripad Naik visits Bangalore Unit of Navratna Defence PSU, Bharat Electronics Limited
 on August 21, 2019. He inspected the works being undertaken at some of the facilities of the Unit.
Shri Shripad Naik visited the Super Components Manufacturing Facility which develops critical high technology electronic components and products. BEL indigenously designs and manufactures microwave modules / products which were earlier imported from countries like USA, UK and France.
Raksha Rajya Mantri was also shown the Solar Power Manufacturing Facility which is a world-class mono crystalline solar cell and solar panel manufacturing facility. BEL proposes to expand its manufacturing facility to 200 MW in the coming years.
Shri Shripad Naik visited the Military Radar outdoor facility where Schilka Upgrade  and Weapon Locating Radar were shown to the Raksha Rajya Mantri. He also reviewed the progress at the Near Field Antenna Test Range, which is a measurement facility for calibrating and measuring the performance of any type of antenna.
The real time operation of Naval Systems – Coastal Surveillance System was also shown to the Raksha Rajya Mantri. The vast coastline of India is installed with Coastal Surveillance System supplied by BEL to the Coast Guard. Chain of Static Sensors installed over the coastline of India are networked to present common operating picture at the command and control centres.
Earlier, Shri Shripad Naik was given an overview on the working of BEL by Director  Shri Vinay Kumar Katyal. He explained the performance of the Unit, its manufacturing facilities, major products, CSR initiatives and steps taken towards sustainable / green energy.
Raksha Rajya Mantri expressed happiness with the performance of BEL-Bangalore and asked them to continue the good work.
Chairman & Managing Director of BEL Shri M. V. Gowtama, other Directors of BEL and CMDs of HAL, BEML & MIDHANI were also present.
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Ministry of Tourism
Around 120 crores sanctioned by Tourism Ministry under the Rural Circuit theme of Swadesh Darshan Scheme in the country during 2017-19: Shri G. Kishan Reddy
Key Highlights:
- Rural Circuit is one of the fifteen thematic circuits under Swadesh Darshan Scheme aiming to promote Rural Tourism.
- Draft National Strategy and Roadmap for Rural Tourism formulated
Rural tourism has been identified as one of the Niche Tourism areas for development in the country by the Ministry of Tourism. The Ministry has formulated a Draft National Strategy and Roadmap for Rural Tourism, which, inter alia, focuses on developing and promoting local products through tourism subsequently resulting in generation of income and jobs in rural areas and empower local communities, youth and women, fulfilling the vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat.
Recognising the potential of rural tourism in the country, the Ministry of Tourism has identified Rural Circuit as one of the fifteen thematic circuits for development under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme and is aimed at leveraging tourism as a force multiple for revitalizing the rural economy and for giving both domestic and international tourists a glimpse of rural aspect of the country. The projects/proposals for development of tourism related infrastructure, including rural tourism, are identified for development under the circuit in consultation with the State Governments/UT Administrations and are sanctioned subject to availability of funds, submission of suitable detailed project reports, adherence to scheme guidelines and utilization of funds released earlier.
The details of the projects sanctioned by the Ministry of Tourism under the Rural Circuit theme of Swadesh Darshan Scheme in the country are given below:

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State/Year
of sanction
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Details
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Amount Sanctioned
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Bihar
2017-18
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Development of Gandhi Circuit: Bhitiharwa- Chandrahia- Turkaulia
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44.65
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Kerala
2018-19
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Development of Malanad Malabar Cruise Tourism Project
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80.37
This information was given by Minister of Tourism Shri G. Kishan Reddy in reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.